Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-29
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Boise City, Idaho, June 81, 1887.


Notice is hereby given that the Elmira
Silver Mining Conn any, by John Brown,
Its President and General Manager, whose
posloffice address Is Banner, Boise coun-
ty, Idaho Ttrritory, has made application
for United States patent for the Banner
lode mining claim and mill site, situated
In Banner Mining District, Boise County,
Idaho Territory, consisting of fifteen hun
bred (i5OOl linear feet Of the lode, and sur.
face ground six hundred (600) feet wide,
being Lot No. 81 A and acres of non
mineral land not contiguous to said lode,
for mill site, being Lot No. 81 B, and
described in the field notes and plat of the
official survey on file in this office with
magnetic variation at 10 degrees and 30
minutes East, as follows, in effect substan-
TALLY and correctly:
sand mining claim commencing at the
stake or post on which is posted the no
tice of relocation, at point 100 feet in a
westerly direction from the shaft sunk on
said lode, known as the old Banner shaft
or discovery shaft, and running thence in
an easterly direction 1900 feet to similar
stake or post on the line of said lode.
marked East Center Stake" together
with 600 feet In width the entire length of
said claim, being 800 feet In width on each
side from the center or middle of said
lode at the surface. Said surface ground
being marked and described as follows, In
effecti Commencing at point $3.50 feet
from United States mineral monument
No ], In direction north 81 degrees, O6
minutes east therefrom, the property be-
ing on unsurveycd land--being cor. No
l, running thence south Ia degrees, o.
minutes east 800 feet to post marked
IS. w." being cor No. Q, and passing
through, at a distance of 800 feet from the
original starting point, the west end cen.
ter post or stake ON which is posted the
original notice of relocation by the Ell
mira Silver Mining Company, thence
north II degrees 90 minutes east, 1900 feet
to post marked IS. E." being cor. No.
3, thence north Ia degrees, on minutes
west, across the east end center post or
stake 600 feet to a post marked IN. E."
being cor. No. 4, thence south II degrees
23 minutes west 1900 feet to post mark.
ed IN. W." which Is the place of begin
ming, containing an area of 20 59-lOO
acres. This location also covers and in
cludes what is known as the Big Crop
pings, and said mine or Banner lode be-
ing situated about thirty miles IN north.
easterly direction from Idaho City, and
ton from the steam quartz mill owned by
the Elmira Silver Mining Company. Al.
so the MILL SITE ON which stands the
Banner mill, and known rs the Banner
mill site, located in a triangular shane.
Immediately above what was formerly
called Wolverine Gulch, and Smiths
Fork, and between them, described as fol-
lowsi Beginning at a point 1886 feet
nom United States mineral monument
No. l, In direction thereffom south 80
deg. vi minutes east thence running south
~ degrees, III minutes east, 574.5 feet to a
post, cor. No. 4. thence north SO degrees.
Us minutes west 700 feet to post at the
junction OF the right fork of Bear creek
with the main creek, cor. No. /, running
thence north rs degrees So minutes east
44o feet to post cor. No. 9, thence north
y! degrees east 1855 feet TO post, cor. No.
y, which is the place OF beginning; EN-.
bracing an area Of five acres. The north
line of said mill site being 3,95O.7 feet dis.
tant from the northwest corner or cor
No. of said Lot No. 80 A, the Banner
lode surface ground, in direction soptb
90 degrees 10 minutes 80 seconds west
therefrom; all corners of claim being nj
so marked U. S. L. 81 A, and all corners
OF mill site marked U. s. l.. 81 B. in addi.
ton TO No. of corner.
The said mining claim and mill site be.
ing Of record in the office Of the County
Recorder of said mining district at Idaho
City, in Boise County, Idaho Territory,
The nearest known location being the sri.
yer Chief lode or claim, which ioins The
sand Banner lode and claim on the west.
Any aud sll persons claiming adversely
any portion of the said Banner lode min.
ing claim or surface ground, or the mill
site aforesaid, are required to file their adj.
verse claims thereto with the Register of
the United States Land Office, at Boise
City, Idaho Territory, within the sixty
days publication hereof, or they will be
barred by virtue Of the provisions Of the